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While they are discussing the possible illnesses they may have, Jerome, Harris, and George all realize they suffer from the same thing-working too much. Upon the realization, the three best friends decide that they must go on a vacation. After rejecting the ideas of a sea trip or country stay, because Jerome doesn't like the sea, and Harris finds the country to be dull, the men decide on a boat trip. With their bags packed and with the company of...
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Psmith series volume 3
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The bon vivant takes charge of a New York magazine-and gets in a tangle with the mob-in this comic novel by the creator of Jeeves and Wooster.
When Cambridge student Mike Jackson journeys to New York on a cricketing tour, his good friend Psmith comes along for a laugh. An inveterate dandy and irrepressible wit, Psmith finds New York lacking in entertainment-until he stumbles into the magazine business. Befriending the editor of Cozy Moments, Psmith...
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44 Scotland Street volume 2
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Back are all our favourite denizens of a converted Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie, the immensely talented six-year-old, is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor and, between admiring glances in the mirror, is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at Edinburgh University and perhaps on a new relationship,...
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Laundry files novels volume 3
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While recovering a missing top secret dossier that his boss is accused of stealing, British super spy Bob Howard must safely navigate Russian agents, ancient demons, and an undead entity called the Eater of Souls.
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Hubble bubble (Early chapter books) volume 3
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"Pandora's grandmother is a witch! She's a lot of fun, but she gets into a lot of trouble, too... Whether she's bringing a sparkly dose of Christmas magic to a sad Winter Wonderland, casting spells that make kittens say "woof" and rabbits say "ribbit" at a pet show, or literally bringing history to life at a museum sleepover, life with Granny is certainly never dull!' --Page 4 of cover.
10) Sweet nothings
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'Lizzie is cooking up a storm of comfort food in the village of Middlemoss, enfolded in the last acres of an anciet forest, now that her charming but quick-tempered husband, Tom, is trning increasingly unpredictable. There are some things even a rich chocolate soufflé can't put right, and she realizes she must soon end her marriage and leave Perseverance Cottage."--Jacket.
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"Three amazekeel stories, including one where Barry's dad turns into a vending machine, and all Barry has to do is 'press his buttons' to get exactly what he wants, and another where hearing the most boring story in the world has a disastrous effect of Barry's mind and body."--Publisher.
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These wonderfully funny short stories feature a cast of outrageous characters, all plotting to save themselves from wedlock, poverty, or ignominy, with various degrees of success. This recording includes the following stories: 'All's Well with Bingo,' 'Bingo and the Peke Crisis,' 'The Editor Regrets,' 'Sonny Boy,' 'Anselm Gets His Chance,' 'Romance at Droitgate Spa,' 'A Bit of Luck for Mabel,' 'Buttercup Day,' and 'Ukridge and the Old Stepper.'
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"Starting a new job can be extremely stressful. You meet your colleagues and forget their names, you meet your boss and forget his name. Then after breaking a photocopier, you forget your own name. And the next day you get to do it all again. But what if your new employer is not the pen-pushing, paper-shuffling outfit you supposed it to be? What if it is an elaborate front for something far more sinister? Not that Paul Carpenter, new recruit at J.W....
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Splendid collection features Bertie Wooster, the deliciously dim aristocrat, and Jeeves, his brainy manservant. Included are the first 8 Jeeves stories as well as the complete Reggie Pepper (Bertie's prototype) series. "Extricating Young Gussie," "The Aunt and the Sluggard," "Leave It to Jeeves," "Absent Treatment," "Rallying Round Clarence," 10 more tales.
18) Marry me
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For every happily-ever-after fairy tale that waxes poetic about true love, there is a piece of flash fiction fron Dan Rhodes to provide the perfect antidote. In this collection of bite-sized vignettes, Rhodes masterfully explores the distance between what we believe is real and what others know to be true--and nowhere is this distance greater than in the realm of romance.
19) Quick service
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"When imperious American widow Beatrice Chavender eats a forkful of inferior ham at her sister's country house near London, it affects the lives of everyone around her-- her sister, her brother-in-law, her sister's butler, her sister's poor relation, Sally, Sally's fiancé Lord Holbeton, and, most of all, Mrs. Chavender's own one-time fiancé, 'Ham King' J.B. Duff, whose rotten product spoils her breakfast"--Page 4 of cover.
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In the bar-parlor of The Angler's Rest, a bucolic English pub, Mr. Mulliner tells his amazing tales, holding the assembled company of pints of stout and whiskies and splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what happened to the man who gave up smoking, share a frisson when the butler delivers something squishy on a silver salver ("Your serpent, Sir," said the voice of Simmons), and experience the dreadful unpleasantness at...